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On the first Friday in August, National Park Service rangers gathered with teenagers from North Philadelphia and Camden to celebrate the end of a new summer program, one that takes urban gardening and adds a dose of history and adventure.

Participants in the newly created Pennsylvania Outdoor Corps got to experience the area’s natural landscape – from its green forests to deep blue lakes to winding hiking trails – as both a classroom and workplace this summer.

Area teenagers had a chance to show off their green thumbs Friday in the heart of Old City Philadelphia. All of the veggies in this garden at the Independence National Historic Park were grown by students from Philadelphia and Camden.

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